Reviews of “Painters Eleven”
 Painters Eleven"The many fans of the group will feel vindicated by the overdue appearance of a book about them and will admire this work's beautiful reproductions." Journal of Canadian Art History, Dec 1, 2011 Read more about Painters Eleven >> |
Painters Eleven"In Painters Eleven: The Wild Ones of Canadian Art, author Iris Nowell brings to life the turbulent rise of an often overlooked period of Canadian art history—Abstract Expressionism…Painters Eleven is an intimate look at a previously unexplored subject matter." International Architecture & Design, Dec 1, 2010 Read more about Painters Eleven >> |
Painters Eleven"Nowell has given us a coffee table book with benefits...she peppers the text with chatty anecdotes, biographic details and telling character descriptions.” Maclean's, Oct 11, 2010 Read more about Painters Eleven >> |
Painters Eleven"It’s about time that the talented and daring artists of Painters Eleven have their lives and work celebrated. You do not want to miss this book; even the cover is a work of art.” Arabella Magazine, Oct 1, 2010 Read more about Painters Eleven >> |
Painters Eleven“Painters Eleven works beautifully as a traditional art book. It has more than 200 admirable colour reproductions...[and expresses the] dream of a society brought to life by artists.” National Post, Sep 28, 2010 Read more >>Read more about Painters Eleven >> |
Painters Eleven“Painters Eleven, a loosely coherent organization only from 1953 to 1958, may have been the last chapter of modernism in western art, soon to be swept aside by Pop Art. This book will…remain definitive.” Times-Colonist, Sep 26, 2010 Read more >>Read more about Painters Eleven >> |
Painters Eleven“Iris Nowell documents the life, times and considerable influence of a group of abstract expressionist painters…[she] tells of those heady days in the gorgeous Painters Eleven.” Toronto Star, Sep 25, 2010 Read more about Painters Eleven >> |
Painters Eleven“Painters Eleven is the perfect gift. At a hefty 364 pages, it is packed with what easily could be magazine cover features on each of the 11 abstract artists who helped hoe conservative ‘Toronto the Good’ into fertile land for contemporary art to grow." Telegraph Journal, Sep 18, 2010 Read more >>Read more about Painters Eleven >> |
Painters Eleven"Nowell may be the best-placed writer in the country to get us inside Painters Eleven given her time spent with Hodgson and her many years as Harold Town's companion.” Toronto Star, Sep 15, 2010 Read more about Painters Eleven >> |